Handle for cocks, faucets, and valves.



P. MUELLER. HANDLE FOE COOKS, FAUCETS, AND VALVES. APPLICATION FILED 00T.2, 1909.

Witnesses. Inventor MQQM'" w Phili Mueller.

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I ttqniayconctrnf Be. it known that I, .PHILiP- MUELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at De- .iValve's,

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. catur in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements n Handles for Cocks, Faucets,"

.of which the following is a- This invention relates ,to cocks, faucets and-valves, and-more part-icularly'to handles forcocks faucets and valves in liquid dis- 'tribnti'on i I 2 An ob of the device. is to. facilitate the i ameinblingg ,btthe many parts of cocks, faulthestenr;

.Anotherobject to'provide means for the same stem as desired. v

An ther objectisto provide for the .re-

" f adjustment of a handle to the stem if the of the valvehas caused the parts to close in a manner to set the handle out of 3 9 alinement. S'uchalinement may. be either caused from th'e form of'the handle or the reading ofan index on the same, but for the most-part it pertains to the latter.

. The'inventionis exemplified in the structime herein described, and shown in the drawings forming a part of this specifica- "tion and more particularly defined in the I appended claims.

In the drawings herewith I have illusat) trated several embodiments of my invention, ,and insaid drawings: Figure 1 is the uppermost portion of a cock in elevation embody:

ing-my invention, showing the handle and stem connection in section. .Fig. 2 the handle in elevation partly in section. Fig. 3 is atop viewot handle connecting end of the q-stem. Fig. 4. thestem in elevation. Fig. 5 I H is a modification of a handle and its attachment. Fig. 6 is a top view of the 30. handle showing the index. Fig. 7v is an ele- Jvation of the upperend of a stem somewhatsi mi'lar tothat shown'in- Fig." 5, but Ithefiutottom 1 li evelcd- K ,55 slightly as in the form of Fig, 4, and Fig. 8

ings are carried deeper and to-the of thegroove, while the upper end is E PAT :lmiIP MfUELLER, or nncATnnfiLLnvoIs, nssxenon are THE 11. MUELLER Maurine. ,EU FNe oomraun'or DECATUR, ILLINOIsA CORBC-RATION or ILLINOIS.

cat's-or valves quickly, and at the same time securing ready adjustment of the handle to j I-HANDLEY FOB cooKs, FAUCETS, AND VALVES.

v Sp c t a t- Patented June 13, 1911. Application filed October 2, 1909.

Serial No. 520,687.

10 indicates a portion of the cock body which may be of any suitable construction.

11 is a gland nut or packing nut through which the usual valve stem passes, and which is of any well known type.

- In manufacturing cocks, faucets or valves 'it' is the present custom to provide the end of the stem which receives the handle with a tapered square and the handle attaching portion is likewise provided with an inter nal square to correspond with that on the stem, and they are fitted together and attached by various means; method of manufacturing it is impossible to interchange the different design of handles, such as four arm, cross, index, or wheel der to fit-the same.

In my present invention I obviate the necessity-of'additional work in interchang ing the various styles of handles when adapting them to one stem or similar stems regardless of the style of the cock, and I accomplish this by providing the handle with internal corrugations for the receipt of ex- In this present handles and other styles to the same stem without filing or machining the stern in orterior corrugations on the stem, and I further provide for the receipt of a set screw below the corrugation for attaching the parts and for readily assembling or interchanging them as the demand may arise.

'Rotatively mounted within said valve body and passing through said gland nut is the stem of the cock. which is preferably of the form shown in Fig. 4 although the same may be of any. well known design, the portion passing through said gland nut being circular. the outer extremity of the stem 12 is ribbed or corrugated longitudinally as at 19 (see Figs. 3 and 4) the greatest diameter of said corrugation being not larger thanthe greatest diameter-of the stem 12- where it passes through said gland nut, oras at 13. Below said ribs or corrugations 19 is a neck 14: of less diameter than the greatest diameters of both theste'm 12 andthe corrugations 19', thus allowing for attachment of the handle and the connecting'parts hereinafter more fully explained. 1

A handle 16 which mayor may not bear an index member '15 (Fig. 1) bears a recelving neck 18; the said neck 18 being interiorly grooved or corrugated as M in a manner to slidably engage the ribs or corrugation 19 on the stem 12, said groovesor corrugations 20 being longitudinally of the neck 18; and on the perimeter of said neck '18 in a position to enter the diminished ortion of the stem 12 adjacent the neck 14 1s provided a set screw 21 which attaches the handle and stem in fixed-relation to each other. The lower or outer portion of the handle neck 18 is preferably of a length to I envelop the reduced portion 14 of the stem as is shown at 22 in Fig. 2. Thus when the handle 16 and the stem-portion 19 are attached the connection has a very close and neat appearance and the lower edge of 14 is covered from view and from the collection of unsanitary matter, the screw hole 21 being located at the upper edge of the smooth surface 22, and they co-act in retaining the handle on the stem.

The arrangement of the corrugations oriribs 19 and the grooves or ribs 20 may differ as to their number or vary in the de-':- gree of serration withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, the same efiect- I serration must be considered, in view of obin Fig.6.

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viating a variance in'indexes as seen at 23 It will-be seen thatthe construction of the handle 16 readily lends itselftoconvenient assembling with the stem,;"the set s ewbeing in place securing the parts an t e same In. Fig. 5 I have shown a slightly different form pf handle as 26: fitted t0 .the sa e or similar stem to 19, and in which com'l' tion there is no function to be performed by the diminished portion 1a. However,: the same is here shown in order to demonstrate the universality between the connecting parts. The body of the handle 24 is internally grooved or fluted to engage the stem 19 and is centrally bored from the top as at 25, as is likewise the upper end of the stem 19- for the receiptof a screw 21 which holds the parts in an assembled relation. The general assembling of the handle and stem is for the most part the same as herein set forth, and which it is believed will be readily understood.

Taking up the use of valves, the wear .hereinbefore referred to is on the washer or disk 26 as in.Fig. 4, and as this wears the v fitting'of the stem to completely close ofi.

, adjusted the l valve assumesfla different position or demands a greater "number ofrotatlons, and in so doing the'index is gradually thrown" fromalinementi and changes in accordance with this Weari will be noted at 23 in Fig, 6. To accom'i'no ate such wear with my arrangement, the handle is removed and by means of the varying degrees of adjustment permitted between the grooves 20 and the ribs or corr 'gations 19 of the stem, the handle is im ediately replaced to read correctly, and is again adjusted to the stem so that when the change is made the index. will read correctly or as shown in heavy line at 17 in. Fig. 6. What I claimis,.

1. In a valve, a fixed member, a movable controlling member subject to wear, a stem therefor whose angular position is changed by wear on the. movable member, an adjustable index on the stem which should occupy a definite position with respect to the fixed member. when the valve is closed, means comprising registering corrugations onthe stem and the index member for locking the index in adjusted position, and means comprising a set screw for securing said index to' the stem.

2. In a valve, a fixed valve' seat, a movable valve disk, a stem therefor whose angular position is changed by wear on the movable member, an operatlng handle onthe stem, an index on the handle which should occupy a defined normal position with respect to the fixedmember when the valve. is closed, means comprising registering corrugations on the' handle and on the stem for-locking the handle in a number of osit-ions with respect to the stem, and additional means separate from the corrugations for securing said handle to the stem.

3. In a valve, a-fixed valve seat, a movable valve disk, a stem therefor whose an gular position is changed by wear on the movable member, an operating handle on the stem, an index on the handle which should occupy a defined normal position with respect to the fixed member when the valve is closed, means comprising registering corrugations on the handle and stem respectively for locking the-handle .in anyone of a number of adjusted positions, a peripheral groove on the stem adjoining the lower end of the corrugations and into which the corrugations extend, and means on the handle engaging in the groove to prevent removal of the handle from the stem. 4. In a valve, a stem the upper portion of which is shaped to receive several forms of handles. means on the end of the stem for securing a handle of one form, andmeans below the end for securing the handle of another form.

In a valve, a stem the upper portion of which isshaped to receive several forms of handles, means comprising a screw-thread ed portion on. the end of the stem for se curing a handle of'one form, and means comnrising a groove in the s'temkbelow the end for securing. the handle of another form.

6. In" a valve, a stern, said stem having its outer extremity fluted, a neck on'the-ste'm adjacent the flutes of less diameter than the stem, a handle having an. opening provided with" flutes to engage the flutes on the stem, and means on said handle for enveloping said diminished-portion of the stem when the parts are assembled.

In testimor l y jvhereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence, qf-two subscribing Witnesses. p

1 HILIP MUELLER. Witnesses: 

